Where does “Liong” come from?

Liong (Indonesian) comes from Chinese 龍, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *m-bruŋ ~ m-bruk — thunder.

Liong (Indonesian): Chinese dragon

Definitions

  1. Chinese dragon

Ancestry of “Liong”, step by step

Liong traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Chinese 龍

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Chinese龍dragon
2Proto-Sino-Tibetan*m-bruŋ ~ m-brukthunder

via Hakka 梁

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hakka梁—
Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *m-bruŋ ~ m-bruk →Every word from Chinese 龍 →